TIDUES0E June 2019 – April 2024 TMS320F28P550SG , TMS320F28P550SJ , TMS320F28P559SJ-Q1
Current sensing is important for sensing overcurrent and getting a closed loop system to work accurately. In this design, current sensing is done at multiple locations with different sensing methods. The first is on the input and output side DC terminals using current sense resistors. The isolated amplifier AMC1302 is used on the primary side and has a input voltage of 50 mV. Therefore, a 3-mΩ shunt resistor is used, converting the maximum input current of 12.5 A to 37.5 mV.
The isolated modulator AMC1306M05 is used on the secondary side. Here a 1.5-mΩ shunt converts the maximum output current of 20 A to 30 mV, which fits the 50-mV input of the AMC1306M05. Now for lower output voltages, higher output currents can be achieved, which can need a smaller shunt to measure the full current range.
The Hall sensor TMCS1133 is used to measure the transformer current on the primary and secondary side. Here a Hall sensor is preferred because of the lower propagation delay which is needed to implement an overcurrent protection at the switch nodes. TMCS1133 offers 1 MHz of bandwidth, which is necessary to measure an accurate current waveform at 100 kHz switching frequency. TMCS1133 also offers a built-in overcurrent protection which is set to 45 A on the primary side and to 70 A on secondary side by the resistor divider on the VOC pin. The fault output indicates this overcurrent scenario. This pin is connected to a GPIO of the C2000 MCU, which is configured to trip the PWM signal in case of overcurrent.